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  • On Imposture

    Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Literary Lies, and Political Fiction

    by Serge Margel ...
    Translated by Eva Yampolsky ...
    Series series Studies in Continental Thought
    Imposture is an abuse of power. It is the act of lying for one's own benefit, of disguising the truth in order to mislead. For Jean-Jacques Rousseau, however, imposture is first and foremost power itself. In On Imposture, French philosopher Serge Margel explores imposture within Rousseau's Discourses, Confessions, and Emile.For Rousseau, taking power, using it, or abusing it are ultimately one and ... Read more

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  • On Imposture

    Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Literary Lies, and Political Fiction

    by Serge Margel ...
    Translated by Eva Yampolsky ...
    Series series Studies in Continental Thought
    Imposture is an abuse of power. It is the act of lying for one's own benefit, of disguising the truth in order to mislead. For Jean-Jacques Rousseau, however, imposture is first and foremost power itself. In On Imposture, French philosopher Serge Margel explores imposture within Rousseau's Discourses, Confessions, and Emile.For Rousseau, taking power, using it, or abusing it are ultimately one and ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The Tomb of the Artisan God

    On Plato's Timaeus

    by Serge Margel ...
    Translated by Philippe Lynes ...
    Series series Univocal
    A far-reaching reinterpretation of Plato’s Timaeus and its engagement with time, eternity, body, and soul that in its original French edition profoundly influenced DerridaThe Tomb of the Artisan God provides a radical rereading of Timaeus, Plato’s metaphysical text on time, eternity, and the relationship between soul and body. First published in French in 1995, the original edition of Serge Margel ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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    On the Modern Quest for Contentment

    by Benjamin Storey, Jenna Silber Storey ...
    Series series New Forum Books
    A compelling exploration of how our pursuit of happiness makes us unhappyWe live in an age of unprecedented prosperity, yet everywhere we see signs that our pursuit of happiness has proven fruitless. Dissatisfied, we seek change for the sake of change—even if it means undermining the foundations of our common life. In Why We Are Restless, Benjamin and Jenna Storey offer a profound and beautiful ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

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  • The Enlightenment: And Why it Still Matters

    And Why it Still Matters

    by Anthony Pagden ...
    This book tells nothing less than the story of how the modern, Western view of the world was born. Cultural and intellectual historian Anthony Pagden explains how, and why, the ideal of a universal, global, and cosmopolitan society became such a central part of the Western imagination in the ferment of the Enlightenment - and how these ideas have done battle with an inward-looking, tradition ... Read more

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  • Rousseau

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Robert Wokler ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    One of the most profound thinkers of modern history, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) was a central figure of the European Enlightenment. He was also its most formidable critic, condemning the political, economic, theological, and sexual trappings of civilization along lines that would excite the enthusiasm of romantic individualists and radical revolutionaries alike. In this study of Rousseau's ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Freedom and Its Betrayal

    Six Enemies of Human Liberty - Updated Edition

    by Isaiah Berlin ...
    These celebrated lectures constitute one of Isaiah Berlin's most concise, accessible, and convincing presentations of his views on human freedom—views that later found expression in such famous works as "Two Concepts of Liberty" and were at the heart of his lifelong work on the Enlightenment and its critics. When they were broadcast on BBC radio in 1952, the lectures created a sensation and ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Imperfect Garden

    The Legacy of Humanism

    by Tzvetan Todorov ...
    Available in English for the first time, Imperfect Garden is both an approachable intellectual history and a bracing treatise on how we should understand and experience our lives. In it, one of France's most prominent intellectuals explores the foundations, limits, and possibilities of humanist thinking. Through his critical but sympathetic excavation of humanism, Tzvetan Todorov seeks an answer ... Read more

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  • What Is History?

    and Other Essays

    by Michael Oakeshott ...
    Series Book 2 - Michael Oakeshott Selected Writings
    This highly readable new collection of thirty pieces by Michael Oakeshott, almost all of which are previously unpublished, covers every decade of his intellectual career, and adds significantly to his contributions to the philosophy of historical understanding and political philosophy, as well as to the philosophy of education and aesthetics. The essays were intended mostly for lectures or ... Read more

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  • Means Without End

    Notes on Politics

    by Giorgio Agamben ...
    Series series Theory Out of Bounds
    An essential reevaluation of the proper role of politics in contemporary life. In this critical rethinking of the categories of politics within a new sociopolitical and historical context, the distinguished political philosopher Giorgio Agamben builds on his previous work to address the status and nature of politics itself. Bringing politics face-to-face with its own failures of consciousness and ... Read more

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  • Sovereignty

    God, State, and Self

    by Jean Bethke Elshtain ...
    Throughout the history of human intellectual endeavor, sovereignty has cut across the diverse realms of theology, political thought, and psychology. From earliest Christian worship to the revolutionary ideas of Thomas Jefferson and Karl Marx, the debates about sovereignty -- complete independence and self-government -- have dominated our history.In this seminal work of political history and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Roots of Evil

    by John Kekes ...
    "Evil is the most serious of our moral problems. All over the world cruelty, greed, prejudice, and fanaticism ruin the lives of countless victims. Outrage provokes outrage. Millions nurture seething hatred of real or imagined enemies, revealing savage and destructive tendencies in human nature. Understanding this challenges our optimistic illusions about the effectiveness of reason and morality in ... Read more

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